Sanmao

Sanmao was the pen name of Echo Chen Ping, a Chinese writer and translator based in Taiwan. Her works range from autobiographical writing, travel writing and reflective novels, to translations of Spanish-language comic strips. She studied philosophy and taught German before becoming a career writer. Her pen name was adopted from the main character of Zhang Leping's most famous work, Sanmao. In English, she was also known as Echo or Echo Chan, the first name she used in Latin script, after the eponymous Greek nymph. Since young, she was said to have avoided writing the character "Mao" (懋) as she never mastered the ability to do so, which later in life, she legally changed her name to Chen Ping.